1. The Rise & Fall of Richard Nixon
BG: Nixon, the man… Nixon, the politician
An emphasis on foreign policy
Cold War in détente
Point man = Kissinger
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Berlin Accord
SALT I
Recognition of Red China
Realpolitik vs. Communism
An historic trip

2. Richard Milhous Nixon, US President (1969-1974)

3. Henry Kissinger

4. Nixon’s visit to China, Feb. 1972
With Mao
With Chou Enlai
Nixon’s visit to China, Feb. 1972

6. The Rise & Fall of Richard Nixon
BG: Nixon, the man… Nixon, the politician
An emphasis on foreign policy
“Vietnamization”
“Peace with Honor”
Declining morale
Invasion of Cambodia
Pentagon Papers
The “decent interval” strategy
Xmas bombings, 1972
Cease fire, then defeat

8. Pulitzer-Prize Winning Photo of Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over the body of her slain friend, Jeremy Miller
- Kent State, May 4th

10. “Ohio” by Neil Young
Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. Gotta get down to it Soldiers are gunning us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Gotta get down to it Soldiers are gunning us down Should have been gone long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. Four dead in Ohio… Four dead in Ohio…
How many more?
Why?

12. The Rise & Fall of Richard Nixon
Moderation in domestic affairs
“Law & Order”
“Backlash” voters -- the “silent majority”
Spiro Agnew
Targeting the anti-war movement
Moving the Supreme Court to the right
Slowing desegregation, using the busing issue

13. Spiro Agnew, VP

16. During protest about forced busing, 1977

17. The Rise & Fall of Richard Nixon
Moderation in domestic affairs
A mild betrayal of conservative principle
Increased funding for social welfare programs
A managed economy
Environmental improvements

18. Rally in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
First Earth Day, April 22, 1970
Rally in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

19. The Rise & Fall of Richard Nixon
WATERGATE
BG: A “third-rate burglary” by the “plumbers”
Election of 1972
A handful of reporters keep it alive, esp. Woodward & Bernstein
Time-Line of the scandal
Lessons of Watergate

20. The Rise & Fall of Richard Nixon
1973
Jan. – Judge John Sirica grilled burglary defendants #1
– Senate Select Committee starts under Sam Ervin (D- N.C.)
April - May – John Dean, President’s Lead Counsel, tells investigators that Nixon was active in the cover-up for a long period of time #2
- Haldeman, Erlichman, Att. Gen. Richard Kleindeinst resign, John Dean is fired #3
May 17 – Senate Committee hearings start
May 18 – Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox appointed by new Attorney General Eliot Richardson
July – Existence of secret Oval Office tapes revealed
- Cox subpoenas nine tapes, but Nixon’s lawyers claim “executive privilege” and delay release for approx. one year
(Oct. 10 – Agnew resigns)
Oct. 20 – “Saturday Night Massacre” #4
(Dec. 6 – Gerald Ford sworn in as V.P.)

21. The Rise & Fall of Richard Nixon
1974
April/May – Nixon releases transcripts, but not tapes. Still, public sees a shallow and mean-spirited side of Nixon in transcripts
July – Supreme Court orders release of tapes
- Impeachment hearings begin in the House of Reps.
Charges: 1. Obstruction of Justice
2. Misuse of federal agencies
3. Withholding of info from Judiciary Comm.
Aug. 5 – Conversations with Haldeman made public… clear that Pres. knew merely days after the break-in
Aug. 8 – Nixon resigned, effective the next day #5
Aug. 9 – Gerald Ford inaugurated
Sept. 8 – Ford grants full pardon to Nixon

22. Woodward & Bernstein today Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
Washington Post
“All the President’s Men”